Sound-emitting hand-invertible dispensing container for fluent material



Jan. 15, 1957 F. BELLANDI' 2,777,607 SOUND-EMITTING HAND-INVERTIBLEDISPENSING CONTAINER FOR FLUENT MATERIAL Filed March 16, 1955 I8 I? 24I7 23 INVENTOR Ferdlnundo L. Bellondl ATTORNEY) United States PatentSOUND-EMIT'HNG- HAND INVERBBLE Disrupts-- INGI CONTAINER FOR FLUENTFeliiilliilidfl L. Banana, S ao' Paula, Brazil:

Application March 16, 195 5, Serial No. 494,644

This invention relates to hand-invertible dispensing containers forfluent material and more specifically to a shaker type container withsound-emitting means.

An important object of the invention is to provide a shaker typecontainer having incorporated therewith a sound-emitting means whichlatter functions when the container is being put to use.

Another important object is to provide a shaker type container adaptedto dispense materials such as talcum powder, for example, and whichincorporates a soundemitting device adapted to attract attention, as,for example, the attention of a small child, and hold the childsattention during dusting of the material.

A further important object is to provide a container as described inwhich the sound-emitting device will not be apt to become loosened evenduring vigorous dusting of the contents of the container.

Still another important object is to provide a soundemitting shaker-topcontainer for fluent material in which the sound-emitting device thereofhas dual functions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description of the invention, takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a portion of thisdisclosure, and in which drawing:

Fig. l is a view partly in vertical section and partly in elevation ofthe dispensing container of this invention in an upright position.

Fig. 2 is a like view but with the container inverted.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,the letter A designates the dispensing container and B fluent materialcontained therein.

The container A may be of any approved form so that it comprises anouter wall and a partition wall, defining a housing and dualcompartments, with one compartment open to the exterior of thecontainer. In the example shown, the container A comprises an outer mainwall 5, bottom wall 6, top wall 7 and transverse partition wall 8preferably integral with the wall and paralleling the top and bottomwalls. Preferably, the partition wall is nearer the bottom wall 6 thanthe top wall 7, so that an upper major or fluent material containingcompartment 9 and a lower, minor or sound-emitting means containingcompartment 10 are provided. In the example shown the container A isprovided with a conventional shaker top 11 with a removable conventionalclosure 12 therefor. The closure 12 may be removably connected with theshaker top 11 as by screw threads 13 of the shaker top and screw threads14 of the closure. The container A may be of hardened plastic material,metal, or combinations thereof and the bottom wall 6 may be secured tothe lower edge portion of the main wall 5 by providing diagonallydisposed peripheral flange 15 for the main wall 5 and a correspondingdiagonally disposed flange 16 2 l for the bottom wall 6, with thetwoflanges secured together. in any approved way. For example, if ofhardened plastic materials, the confronting faces of the flanges may besoftened by the application of a solvent for thematerials and the twoflanges brought into intimate contact-v until they' are united as iswell known in the art. The

fianges'raise the wall 6 otf a surface'upon whichtthe con-- tainer A maybe placed: upright. Preferably, the bottom wall 6 is'provided with oneormore openings 17, whichmay be. arranged at the central portion of thewall 6, andan opening 18 spacedtherefrom, suclias may be'seen in thedrawings. The objects of providing these openings will be subsequentlyexplained Thetop wall 7 isprovided with a. mouth 19 surmounted by the.shaker top 11.

Preferably carried by the bottom wall 6 and attached to its inner face,is a conventional sound-emitting means 20 which may be of the bellows,weight and sounding or vibriating reed type, in which a tubular bellows21 is closed at one end by a weight 22, as a disc, and closed at itsother end by a reed-carrying hardened-plastic closure 23 of disc likeshape. The reed may be housed in a suitable conventional carrier 24,open to the interior and exterior of the chamber 25. Elongation andcollapse of the bellows 21 will cause air to alternately enter and beexpelled from the chamber defined by the bellows 21, weight 22 andclosure 23, through the carrier 24 and thus cause the reed to vibrate,producing sounds. It will be noted that the closure 23 may be providedwith a portion or peripheral flange 25 with the edge portion of thelatter secured to the wall 6 to enclose the openings 17.

The latter, of course, permit air to enter and be expelled from thespace 26 defined by the flange 25, wall 6 and closure 23. The opening 18is adapted to permit air to enter and be expelled from the compartment10.

With the compartment 9 charged with fluent material B, when thecontainer A is disposed as in Fig. l the bellows 21 will be collapsedbut, as the container starts to become inverted, the bellows will beginto elongate whereby air will be drawn in and vibrate the reed of thecarrier 24, causing a sound which will continue until the bellows iselongated to its limit. Such limit is preferably when the weight 22contacts the partition wall 8. Shaking the inverted container will causethe weight to move, alternately partly collapsing and then elongatingthe bellows to prolong the sound. Of course, after the container A istightened the weight will collapse the bellows and the sound will thencease.

Fluent materials are apt to cake upon the walls of a container,particularly the bottom wall, but the weight 22, contacting thepartition wall 8 will tend to dislodge adhering material and thus theweight functions plurally.

It is well recognized that children who are inclined to be fretful andto fidget will be attracted by a pleasant or unusual sound and becomequiet. Shaking the container A in order to dispense the material B willproduce sounds to attract the attention of the child thereto.

Various changes may be made to the form of the invention herein shownand described without departing from the spirit of the invention orscope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A sound-emitting dispensing container for fluent material, includinga housing having outer walls and a partition wall defining a firstcompartment having an opening, and a second compartment; means fordispensing fluent material from said first compartment through saidopening upon inverting said housing; and movable means within saidsecond compartment, including a portion fixedly secured to one of saidwalls, to emit a sound upon inverting said housing.

2. A sound-emitting dispensing container for fluent material, includinga housing having outer walls and a parti- ,ing upon inverting saidhousing; and means within said second compartment carried to emit asound upon in verting said housing, including a portion fixedly securedto one of said walls and a weight movably secured to said portion andmovable upon inverting of said housing to move toward and contact saidpartition wall.

3. A sound-emitting dispensing container for fluent material including ahousing provided with outer Walls and a transverse partition walldividing the housing into a normally upper compartment and a normallylower compartment, said upper compartment having a fluent materialdispensing mouth to the exterior of said housing and said lowercompartment having an air opening to the exterior of said housing, soundemitting means within said lower compartment actuated upon inverting andshaking said housing to emit sounds, said means including a weightspaced from said partition wall when said housing is upright and movabletoward and to contact said partition wall when said housing is invertedand is shaken, a tubular bellows, with one end thereof secured to saidweight, a closure secured to the other end of said tubular bellows andprovided with an opening, a sounding reed carried by said closure at thelast-named opening, and

' means securing said closure, at the peripheral portion thereof, tosaid outer walls remote from and to substantially parallel saidpartition, with said openings in communication.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,562,013 Blod July 24, 1951

